Serpent, Bird and Human-Faced Lion

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1965.67.2
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Serpent, Bird and Human-Faced Lion
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: 19th-20th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Marches
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/211698

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 86 x 22.4 x 19.3 cm (33 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Adolph Loewi], sold; to the Honrable and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D.C., 1937, gift; to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D. C. , 1940, transferred; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: 1965.67.2
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), p. 215, fig. 227

Exhibition History

Exotic Animal Sculpture, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 12/01/1969 - 01/04/1970

Verification Level

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1965.67.2: Serpent, Bird and Human-Faced Lion